OneNote takes the lead when it comes to formatting options. Maybe in a future update? OneNote can also take voice notes which is not available in Paper. No tags either.ĭropbox Paper also supports text, image, audio, and video but there is no way to draw. Also, no way to get a bird’s eye view of the hierarchy resulting in losing track of what’s noted and what’s not. Not the best way to create notes as it takes more time going back and forth. It takes a leaf out of Google Drive and creates folders in which you can create sub-folders and notes (documents in Dropbox’s language). Useful when you have hundreds of notes.ĭropbox Paper is not ideal as a digital notebook. Finally, you can add tags to group similar notes across notebooks. These notes are also searchable, and you can also attach links and videos to the notes.įan of using the stylus or just your finger? You can get creative and draw your heart out. Inside each notebook, there are sections to create text, audio, and image notes. Getting started with the most basic function of a note-taking app, OneNote will let you create notebooks. We decided to compare these apps to find out how they fare against each other.

With no desktop apps for Windows and Mac, it wants to win hearts on the back of a minimalist design with a robust set of features. Dropbox Paper has decided to take a different approach.

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